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A minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES.

PHP Latest 2.0.5 · 15d ago Security brief →

Features

  • Zero‑knowledge paste storage with client‑side AES‑256‑GCM encryption
  • Optional password protection for additional confidentiality
  • Configurable expiration options (including "burn after reading")
  • Supports Markdown formatting and syntax highlighting
  • Allows file uploads, image preview, and QR code generation

Recent releases

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2.0.5 Security relevant
Auth RCE / SSRF

XSS fix + copy hint

2.0.4 Breaking risk
Breaking changes
  • Removed obsolete X-XSS-Protection header
Notable features
  • Added Swedish and Persian translations
Full changelog
  • ADDED: Translations for Swedish & Persian
  • CHANGED: Deduplicate JSON error message translations
  • CHANGED: Refactored translation of exception messages
  • CHANGED: Upgrading libraries to: DOMpurify 3.4.1, ip-lib 1.22.0, polyfill-php80 1.34.0 & zlib 1.3.2
  • CHANGED: Remove obsolete X-XSS-Protection header (#1825)
  • FIXED: Some exceptions not getting translated
  • FIXED: Attachment disappears after a "paste" in the message area (#1731)
  • FIXED: The content format is not reset when creating a new document (#1707)
1.7.9 Security relevant
Security fixes
  • CVE-2025-64714: Template-switching feature path traversal for arbitrary local file inclusion
  • CVE-2025-64711: Malicious filename enabling self-XSS and HTML injection
  • CVE-2025-62796: Missing HTML sanitisation enabling persistent XSS in attachment filenames
2.0.3 Security relevant
Security fixes
  • Arbitrary PHP file inclusion via template switching (CVE-2025-64714)
  • Malicious filename XSS/HTML injection (CVE-2025-64711)
2.0.2 Security relevant
Security fixes
  • Unsanitized filename in attachment size hint (CVE-2025-62796)

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